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Authentic Agencies Part 2 Top Secret Modus Operandi
Authentic Agencies Part 2 Top Secret Modus Operandi
This is the second in a series of articles presenting the TOP SECRET game world’s
intelligence community. Last month, the American spy agencies were detailed. This
month’s edition includes data on allied foreign intelligence-gathering agencies and
important international organizations. Note that, though these agencies exist in the real
world, they are given here only as constructs for the TOP SECRET game world. Some
of the statistics given for these agencies are reasonably accurate and are taken from
publicly available information, but some of the statistics were invented for the sake of
completeness or were altered to conform to the specific background and nature of the
TOP SECRET game world.
Information about these agencies, as with the previous articles in DRAGON issues 93
and 97, is presented in several categories defined below. It is assumed that this
information is commonly available to player character agents and to the general public.
Agents might be given additional information that isn’t public knowledge during the
course of a game campaign.
International organizations
United Nations Security Council
Nature of agency: Primary instrument for establishing and maintaining international
peace
Governing body: Five permanent member nations (USA, USSR, United Kingdom,
France, and the People’s Republic of China) and 10 temporary member nations.
Personnel: Varies
Annual budget: Varies
HQ: United Nations Building, New York City, New York, USA
Established: 1945
Activities: The Security Council may dispatch an armed UN force to stop aggression.
Policies: To prevent war by settling disputes between nations
Objectives: To establish and maintain international peace
Areas of involvement: The planet Earth, the Moon, and the space between them.
Allies: UN member nations
Additional data: Dispatched forces may be from any member nation. All member
nations undertake to make available armed forces, assistance, and facilities to maintain
international peace and security.
Bureaus: All
Alignment profile: 20-81/20-81/20-81
Kilowatt
Nature of agency: Anti-terrorist organization
Governing body: Member nations
Personnel: None of its own
Annual budget: None of its own
HQ: None
Established: 1978
Activities: Organization concerned with Arab terrorism
Policies: National units are trained in the commando techniques of West Germany’s
Leatherheads (GSG9), Britain’s legendary SAS, and the French Gendarmerie’s
Intervention Group (GIGN).
Objectives: To communicate with member nations in an effort to reduce and control
terrorist activities
Areas of involvement: Within member nations
Allies: West Germany, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Canada, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, and
Israel
Additional data: This counter terrorist organization was established to trade information
and to act as a center for information on terrorist organizations, operatives, methods,
and links.
Bureaus: All
Alignment profile: 07-19/07-94/07-81